Orion the Hunter and Taurus the Bull face off in the southern sky in early February as soon as it gets dark. Taurus is home to two of the brightest star clusters, the Pleiades and Hyades. Both are ...

Baker said that there are other astronomical events that may be more interesting than the parade of planets. Baker said Mars ...

A U.S. scientist searching for a civilization across 7 Earth clones circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 says its own alien ...

On Sunday (Jan. 12), the Red Planet will make its close approach of Earth at 8:32 a.m. EST (13:32 GMT). This event, known as ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye. The six planets will be visible until February 9. You'll ...

HELENA — The planets are aligned. Six planets, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, Venus and Saturn can be seen in the night sky.

Starting at 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) on Saturday (Jan. 25), astrophysicist Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project ...

You’ll find several bright planets, stars and obvious constellations in the February evening sky. The most obvious constellation this month is Orion. To find Orion, face south and look for Orion’s ...

An extraordinary astronomical phenomenon will illuminate the sky as stargazers are urged to look up to catch a glimpse of the ...

Here’s how it works. Grab your stargazing binoculars, because tonight (Jan. 13), Mars will vanish behind the moon for several hours in an astronomical event called a lunar occultation.

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

Of the others, Saturn is a yellow-ish tan colour and Mars can be recognised by its distinctive rusty red colour. Uranus is a faint aquamarine and Neptune is blueish, but telescope or binoculars ...